What's happening
This bill allows New Yorkers aged 75 or older to receive a partial refund when surrendering their vehicle registration.
Why it matters
Addresses financial fairness for older adults. By allowing New Yorkers aged 75 or older to receive a partial refund when they surrender their vehicle registration, the bill acknowledges that older adults may stop driving for health or lifestyle reasons before their registration expires, ensuring they aren’t paying for unused services.
Encourages safe driving decisions. The refund may make it easier for seniors to voluntarily give up driving when it’s no longer safe or convenient, by removing a financial penalty for doing so mid-registration period.
Potential for minor administrative impact. The Department of Motor Vehicles will have to verify age and process prorated refunds, which could slightly increase administrative work but also demonstrates responsiveness to the needs of a growing aging population.
Sets a precedent for targeted policy. By specifically tailoring a benefit to people 75 and over, the bill could inspire similar age-based accommodations in other areas of state services, reflecting a broader policy trend toward age-sensitive governance.
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Who cares
Vehicle owners age 75 or older
They would receive a prorated registration refund for full calendar months remaining in the registration year, minus $1, upon surrendering their plates and providing satisfactory proof of age and an active registration.
Department of Motor Vehicles
The commissioner would receive surrendered plates and determine whether the required proof is satisfactory.
State comptroller
The comptroller would also have to find the proof of the owner's age and active registration satisfactory before a refund is issued.
Headline styles
Refund Seniors for Registration
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Refunds for Elderly Car Owners
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 3823 A. 3224
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing a vehicle registration refund for persons seventy-five years of age or older who surrender their registration
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 428 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
2-a. Upon the surrender to the commissioner of the number plates or plate issued for a vehicle registered under the provisions of this chapter and the furnishing of proof satisfactory to the commissioner and the state comptroller that the owner of the vehicle is seventy-five years of age or older, and that the registration of such vehicle is in full effect, there shall be refunded to such owner a sum equal to as many twelfths of the fee paid for the registration of the vehicle as there are full calendar months in the registration year following the date of the receipt of the number plates or plate, less the sum of one dollar.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08135-01-7
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